[ARSCLIST] Damaged Tapes

["Mew, Peter" <Peter.Mew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi


I have just received 2 reels of 1/4inch tape recorded in 1968.
To the best of my knowledge this is the first time they have been played
since then.
They have been stored Tail Out
All the titles have been leadered with plain white plastic leader
The Tape has never been baked
When I spooled the first reel back to the start, to play, I found that
on 3 of the titles the oxide had adhered to the leader, having been
stripped off the tape backing. Thus rendering the first 3 or 4 seconds
unuseable.

This is obviously unrecoverable

When I came to the second side, I spooled up to the leader and the moved
the tape slowly by hand, the oxide is still sticking to the leader.
I have no idea what make the tape is, as it is not Emitape, but in an
EmiTape box
Has anyone met this, and how did you attempt to deal with it
Any help would be appreciated

Thanks

-pm

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